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VERNONIA, COLUMBIA COUNTY, OREGON PAGE FOUR I EAGLE EDITORIALS EXTRA-CURRICULAR OFFERINGS TO THE STUDENTS NOT SO many years ago ideas of educa tion differed to a greatly appreciable extent as practiced, from those held in the present day and applied to the instruction of students from the time they first enter kindergarten to the time they have completed a course ot higher learning at any of the state or private ly endowed colleges or universities. As an example of the change, an item appearing in the April 28th edition mentioned the scheduled presentation of wildlife pictures by Frank B. Wire, chairman of the State Game Commission, to students of the high school. The showing comes as an extra-curri cular educational feature which either is not or could not be included on the schedule of regular class presentation of material. The idea that by means of the picture, knowledge may be more torcibly and lasting ly impressed upon the student’s mind, is one that is undoubtedly true and one that has come to the fore in useage within the past few years. Not so long ago the extent of picture material was minor. Today it is receiving presentation and the scope of educational ad vancement is widening accordingly. LEGION SUMMER DANCES— A WORTHWHILE UNDERTAKING— OFFICIALS OF the American Legion Post, No. 119, made the announcement for last week’s publication to sponsor during the summer a series of dances at the Legion hall. The dances are to be held once each month following a, mill and camp pay-day. The idea is worthwhile in its intended purpose for two reasons at the least. The dances are held in the city where convenient to all who may wish to attend as lovers of the modern terpsichorean means of rhythmic sxpression. The convenience alleviates any necessity of journeying to neighboring cities for a form of evening entertainment which may be readily and easily obtained in Ver nonia. That entertainment is provided in the city without the expense of a motor trip and among people well known and friendly. At the same time the monthly feature provides an outlet for those young dancers to express themselves under the best of sur roundings. The hall is well policed as to smok ing, swearing and drinking so that young peo ple may not become too readily acquainted with those so-called evils which can be under taken with all too expedient ease under any circumstance. The dances serve a worthwhile purpose. Vernonia Eaele Marvin Kamholz and Marion Sexton, Publishers M arvin kamholz ....................... editor Entered as second class mail matter, August 4, 1922, at the post office in Vernonia, Ore gon, under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rate $2 per year Local advertising rate: 26 cents per column inch Foreign advertising rate: 35 cents per column inch Classified advertising rate: Minimum 25 cents, 5 cents per line, three insertions for price of two. Legal advertising rate on request Reader advertising rate: 10 cents per line. Official newspaper of Vernonia, Oregon FAIR FOR THE NEHALEM BASIN— PROBABLY ORIGINATING from a talk given the evening of April 18 by Arthur King, Extension Soil Conservationist of Ore gon State College, came the thought that in order to promote the farming interests of the Nehalem Basin a fair should be staged at some later date in the summer. Comment on the matter was in the stage of infancy as it had not as yet had the time to develop to any great degree but the idea was evident nevertheless. It was expressed simply, in this manner: that the staging of a fair would make possible the knowledge of just what can and is being done along the lines of agricultural development in the val ley and i^ould bring that advancement to general knowledge of all those living in the valley as well as to those of other communi ties. Conversation with several citizens and an explanation of the idea after it had originated brought favorable comment from them. The fair would not operate in competi tion with any other event of the county for it probably would not be on a scale where such competition would be possible. Its pri mary purpose, as stated before, would be only the advancement of those farming interests of the valley. The Soil Conservationist, Arthur King, at the time of his visit here was of the opinion that extremely favorable and worthwhile re sults could be obtained from farm land ir rigation in the valley. The Nehalem basin, at the present time, is surrounded by an ex tensive number of acres of land, devoid of timber, but valuable as pasture facilities to those engaged in the industry of stock rais ing. Regardless of the number of months when feeding is not necessary there remains a time of the year when the stockman must provide hay for his herds. A feature advan tage of irrigation is that it would make pos sible an increased yield from lands devoted to hay production. Then irrigation of farm lands serves as a supplement to the stock-raising industry. And the promotion and staging of a fair would bring to general knowledge just what has been developed on those farms without irrigation and at the same time on those few which now enjoy that feature. NATIONAL MUSIC WEEK— A FESTIVAL OF THE PEOPLE— SUNDAY, MAY 7, marks the opening of National Music Week throughout the United Stated, a movement sponsored by the National Music Week Committee of New York and un dertaken by the Oregon Federation of Music Clubs in Oregon. The first record of an ob servance was that of Boise, Idaho, in 1919. By 1924 the decision was to enlarge the ob servance into a national affair and to invite all cities to celebrate music week at the same time. The full value of the week cannot be de termined but it has been the spur to the or ganizing of many community choirs, choruses and instrumental groups and has served as a means of discovering talent throughout the country. Many young people have been found and started on life careers. Particular effort, this year, will be direct ed toward musical organizations open to young adults as channels of expression for musical ability developed in school and college with the keynote of 1939 being “support group activities.’’ Ln keeping with the national program of the week, May 9, Tuesday, will be a near fu ture date when Vernonia will celebrate the event. Of the present day it might be said the age of increasing speed, mechanical pro gress and industrial development is tending to overshadow the spirit of beauty, one means of the expression of which may be readily found with the development of music. The Vernonia event will be previous to the county event which is slated for May 11, two days later, at Rainier. The former will see participation of surrounding rural schools, whose students’ musical knowledge is develop ed from the first grade upwards, thereby act ing in keeping with music authorities to en rich school and community life through the subject. ------------------------< COUNTY NEWS St. Helens NATIONAL MUSIC WILL BE OBSERVED— monica bands from Deer Island ar.d Yrnkton schools. Churches in this vicinity are ex pected to observe the National movement on Sunday, April 30. FOUR BUSINESS National Music week will be ob CONCERNS ROBBED— served in St. Helens and surround The fourth robbery within a week ing communities with a public Zone Leonard “Bud” Jermain. son of Grade School Musical Festival sch was committed here Wednesday eve Mrs. H. Jermain of 324 North 3rd eduled for 2 p. m. Friday afternoon. ning when the Texas Oil company street. St. Helens, was named edi- May 5. in the St. Helens high plant and the St. Helens Motor tor of the Oregon Emrald and Geo. school auditorium. Miss Mariam Bur were broken into. Luonian. Clatskanie, was named ton is zone director. A back window was used in the manager. The program will include a pri St. Helens motor company to gain Chosen from a list of seven can-1 mary chorus including children in admission into the building and a didates for editor and four for | small amount of money, the cash business manager, the new leaders junior chorus, children in the drawer and keys were taken. Exit will work with the present chiefs the first, second and third grades, was made through a back door. for the remainder of the spring fourth, fifth and sixth grades; Mc On Friday evening. Brough Motor term before assuming their duties Bride and John Gumm grade school comnany was burglarized and $3 in the fall. chorus of children in the seventh cash taken. Italian Importing com- Jermain, a junior in journaksm. and eighth grades; a rhythm band i pany was entered the same evening has been active on the news staff and a case of beer and a half case was believed taken from the of the past two years and has serv I from John Gumm. folk dancing of | from McBride grade pupils; har- store rooms. ed as news editor this year. LEONARD JERMAIN EMRALD EDITOR FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1939 Work to do at Home J. DAVIS FUNERAL WILL BE SATURDAY— Funeral services for Jarvis Davis, 54, a resident of Yankton for the past 27 years, who died at 4:00 p. m. Thursday at his home following two months illness were held at 2 o’clock Saturday in Yankton Grange nail, with officers of the grange in ! .harge of the service. The body will l e cr mated rt Lincoln Memorial Jiematoriuin in Portland. Mr. Davis was born at Ironduff, North Carolina. His father was Andrew J. Davs and his mother Mrs. Sarah McClure Davis. He was married July 4, 1908 at Clyde, North Carolina, to Miss Olive Long. At the time of his death, Mr. Davis was president of the Columbia County Agricultural Conservation sssoc'aticn and had been president for the last year and a half. He made a fine record for the associa tion. Mr. Davis had fathered tho livestock association here in Colum bia county and through his untiring efforts and leadership, developed it to be the largest county livestock association in Western Oregon. He took an active part in working with the land utilization committee in studying land utilization problems in the county to develop it for range land and other uses. R. H. BAKER ADMITS COPELAND ROBBERY— Robert H. Baker, 19, of Minne ipolis, Minn., was arrested April 18 n Kelso, Wash., by officer C. B .’aimer rnd admitted participating n the robbery of J. W. Copeland umber yards in West St. Helens >n April 17. Baker implicated a Robert Richards of Los Angeles ho escaped Officer Palmer. When rrested Baker had in his posses- ¡ion the box of 380 automatic pis- ol shills identified as those stolen rom Copeirnd Lumber company lere. Richards was said to be carry- ng the automatic pistol taken from he lumber office. Clatskanie '.EAGUE BALL STARTS MAY 7 ntents for having weeds such as Canada thistle cut down to keep j them from going to seed. He wili visit other communities as rapidly as possible. All* those who are interested in having weeds brought under con trol in their communities should As noxious weeds have been a communicate with J. A. Bacon, menance to the farmers of the coun Warren, Oregon. ty, arrangements were made for rp- pointing a weed inspector to have charge of the control of weeds in the county. Mr. J. A. Bacon of- Warren was appointed last wintet . as week inspector of the county. He • has visited a number of the com-1 munities recently to make arr: nge-1 Weed Inspector I Of County to Attempt Control I usiness Professional Directory JND ONLY 23 CENTS with ng \ a . ana by return mail RECEI»£ 14 TRIAL GLASSES tn select from to eye« NOTHING MORE TO PAY until Age an a set <1 fit your you ca - nee perfectly far and near. Then t he above Beau tiful Style will coat you only >3.90, no more; other styles $2.20 and up. We onlv handle High Grade Single Vision an«! DOUBLE VISION or KRYPTON BIFOCAL toric lenses, ground into ONE SOLID FIECE o GL ASS. Joy Theatre Bldg. Phone 662 DOCTOR H. £. BAKER. O.P . wu LODGES Grange Hall ELLIOTT GETS HAULING JOB— Vernonia The Elliott Transfer company of Friday Night* Astoria hrs been given the contract 8 o'clock 'or the hauling of logs from Mist for the Mist Logging company of which L. H. Mills of Portland ,s Jewett A. Bush, W. P. the manager. Marvin Kamholz, W. Sec’y. Elliott Transfer company is ex pected to be ready to go to work Knights of Pythias here in a week or ten days. They Harding Lodge No. 116 will have seven trucks on the job. Vernonia, Oregon Meetings:—I. O. O. F. GARDEN CLUB Hall, Second and ELECTS OFFICERS— Fourth Mondays Each The Clatskanie Garden club mem Month. bers elected officers at their regu lar meeting at the home of Mrs. Pythian Sisters Walter Nusom on Friday of last Vernonia Temple No. 61 week. Oregon Alice Newth was elected to serve Meetings: Vernonia, — I. O. O. F. Hall the club as president for the coni Second and Fourth Wednesday? ng year. Sue Van and Ellen Wes- Each Month rberg were chosen vice-presidents; Geneva Tucker was elected secre Order of Eastern Star tary and Leona Rankin, treasurer. Nehalem Chapter 153, O. E. S. Regular Communi ERNIE WILCOX WINS cation first and WASHINGTON TITLE— third Wednesdays of each month, at Ernie Wilcox of Clatskanie took I Masonic Temple. the championship in the welter All visiting sisters weight division in the second an-' and brothers wel nuai Southwest Washington ama- | come. teur boxing tourney in Chehalis Mrs. Jean Crawford, W.M. last Friday night in the finals fol-1 Mrs. Helen Dewey, Secretary lowing three straight nights of fighting. i A. F. & A. M. Ernie defeated L. Stone of Van-' Vernonia Lodge No. 184 couver in his first tourney fight A. F. & A. M. meets at and Ray Everest of Olympia in the 1 Masonic Temple. Stat- ed Communication ____ teur boxing tourney in Chehalis, First . Thursday of each month. ■ In the finals he met Leslie Pier- Special called meetings pont of Chehalis in the hardest other Thursday nights, 7:30 1 fight of the evening. Visitors most cordially wel- | come. Special meetings Friday nights. 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TAPP All Kinds of Wood Prompt Delivery Phone 241 Expert Tonsorial Work BEN’S BARBER SHOP Vernonia, Oregon LESTER SHEELEY Attorney at Law Bank of Vernonia Bldg. Phone 231 Roland L. Treharne Expert Automobile Repairing WELDING ROLAND’S SERVICE STATION BAFFORD BROS General Plumbing Vernonia Nehalem Valley Motor Freight Frank Hartwick, Proprietor Portland - Timber - Vernonia Mist - Birkenfeld - Jewell Vernonia Telephone 1042 CASON’S TRANSFER LOCAL and LONG DIS TANCE HAULING SEE US For Your Old Growth 16-INCH FIR WOOD AND CEDAR SHINGLES Roland D. Eby, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Town Office 891 VERNONIA POST 11» AMERICAN LEGION Meet» First and Third Wednesdays AUXILIARY First and Third Monday» NEAL W. BUSH Attorney at Law Joy Theatre Bldg., Phone 663. In Vernonia Mondays and Tuesday*